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Old 06-18-2015
Grep command giving different result for different users for same command
Hello,

I am running below command as root user
Code:
#nodetool cfstats tests | grep  "Memtable switch count"
Memtable switch count: 12

Where as when I try to run same command as another user it gives different result.
Code:
#su -l zabbix -s /bin/bash -c "nodetool cfstats tests | grep "Memtable switch count""
Memtable cell count: 0
Memtable data size: 0
Memtable off heap memory used: 0
Memtable switch count: 12

I am not sure why grep giving different result here.

Please help.

Thanks,
Pushpraj
Last edited by Pushpraj; 06-18-2015 at 11:44 AM.. Reason: Typo
# 2  
Old 06-18-2015
Hello Pushpraj,

Using only grep will match even a single string too which you are trying to search for, could you please try following
and let us know if this helps you.
1st:
Code:
 #su -l zabbix -s /bin/bash -c "nodetool cfstats tests" | grep -i "Memtable switch count"

2nd:
Code:
 #su -l zabbix -s /bin/bash -c "nodetool cfstats tests" |awk -F":" -vvar="Memtable switch count" '{if($1 == var){print}}'

Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 06-18-2015 at 10:57 AM..
# 3  
Old 06-18-2015
Escape the double quotes around the search pattern.

BTW, I'd be surprised if the result of the first command were "12" only...
Last edited by RudiC; 06-18-2015 at 11:04 AM..
# 4  
Old 06-18-2015
Thanks RudiC , You are correct. That was typing mistake. I have updated post.
# 5  
Old 06-18-2015
Soooo, problem solved?
# 6  
Old 06-18-2015
Hi RudiC , I just tried it now. If I run the command as zabbix user by escaping double quotes it ran correctly.
Code:
su -l zabbix -s /bin/bash -c "nodetool cfstats cassdb.tests | grep \"Memtable switch count\""
Memtable data size: 12

But problem is this is not working from bash script. Below is the script I am trying.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
KEYSPACE="$1"
ATTRIBUTE="$2"
nodetool cfstats cassdb.${KEYSPACE} | /bin/grep "$ATTRIBUTE" | awk -F: '{print $2}' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//'

When I run above script as root user it works perfectly.
Code:
#/opt/zabbix/cassandra.sh tests "Memtable switch count"
12

Where as when executed as zabbix user it dosent works.
Code:
su -l zabbix -s /bin/bash -c "/opt/zabbix/cassandra.sh tests "Memtable switch count""
109
0
105
12

Here 12 is printed as bottom along-with other attributes values which has "Memtable" string in it.

I tried escaping double quotes from bash script but somehow not able to figure out exact syntax.

Thanks RavinderSingh, I tried both the options which you provided but they are not working. No output for the command.

Thanks,
Pushpraj
Last edited by Pushpraj; 06-18-2015 at 02:39 PM..
# 7  
Old 06-18-2015
Why don't you do it exactly as above?
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